ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Plant Sci.
Sec. Plant Nutrition
Preliminary exploration of the relationship between ginsenoside content and endogenous hormones of multi stem ginseng and soil properties based on correlation analysis
Provisionally accepted
- Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China
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Compared with single stem ginseng (G1), there is still a significant gap in research on the content of ginsenosides in multi stem ginseng (MG) and the role of soil factors in ginsenoside accumulation. This study measured the ginsenoside content in the roots, stems, and leaves of 3-year-old single stem ginseng, double stem ginseng (G2), and triple stem ginseng (G3), as well as the endogenous hormone content in the rhizomes. At the same time, the physicochemical properties and enzyme activity of the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil were measured, and the differences and connections between each indicator were analyzed. The results showed that the content of ginsenosides in the roots of MG was significantly higher than that of G1, and there were significant differences in the content of salicylic acid and brassinolide between G1 and MG. Differential analysis showed that aluminum bound phosphorus, aggregates with a particle size of 2-3 mm, and praseodymium were characteristic abiotic factors that contributed to differences in soil properties, fluorescein diacetate, peroxidase and invertase were characteristic enzymes that differed in different soils. A regulatory network of "soil abiotic factor-ginsenosides-soil enzymes" was constructed based on the results of correlation analysis. The interaction between soil enzymes (fluorescein diacetate, peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase) and abiotic factors (praseodymium, neodymium, yttrium) was the main influencing factors of ginsenoside accumulation in MG. The results have shown that the pharmacological value of MG was higher than that of G1, and the cultivation of MG is worth further research, which can help promote the industrialization of ginseng and increase farmers’ income.
Keywords: Multi stem ginseng, ginsenoside, Endogenous hormones, Soil abiotic factors, Soil enzyme activities
Received: 16 Sep 2025; Accepted: 29 Oct 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Weichen Qi, 15724977807@139.com
Tao Zhang, zhangtaoccucmedu@126.com
Changbao Chen, ccb2o21@126.com
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